# Fractures at J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2019088123` · 8/8/2019 · NAMPA, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANY
- **Location:** 3704 N MIDDLETON RD, NAMPA, IDAHO, 83652
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a sit-down forklift to stack pallets when they fell over. The employee got off the forklift to straighten them and was struck by additional falling pallets. The employee was hospitalized with sternum and rib fractures.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*